The Wizard of Oz · chapter 1 of 6
The Big Wind
大风来了
A bored farm girl is swept away by a great wind and lands in a land of color. A tiny witch gives her silver shoes and a road to follow, but warns that nobody has seen the Wizard.
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- Narrator 多萝西和小狗托托，住在堪萨斯。那儿没有花，也没有树。
Duōluóxī hé xiǎo gǒu Tuōtuō, zhù zài Kānsàsī. Nàr méiyǒu huā, yě méiyǒu shù.
Dorothy and her little dog Toto lived in Kansas. There were no flowers there, and no trees.
- Dorothy 艾姆婶婶，这儿一点也没意思！我想去好玩的地方。
Àimǔ Shěnshen, zhèr yìdiǎn yě méi yìsi! Wǒ xiǎng qù hǎowán de dìfang.
Aunt Em, it's no fun here at all! I want to go somewhere exciting.
- Aunt Em 多萝西，你有家，有我，还有托托。这还不好吗？
Duōluóxī, nǐ yǒu jiā, yǒu wǒ, hái yǒu Tuōtuō. Zhè hái bù hǎo ma?
Dorothy, you have a home, you have me, and you have Toto. Isn't that good enough?
- Dorothy 可是我想看大山，大河，还有很多很多花！
Kěshì wǒ xiǎng kàn dà shān, dà hé, hái yǒu hěn duō hěn duō huā!
But I want to see big mountains, big rivers, and lots and lots of flowers!
- Aunt Em 你听！那是什么声音？
Nǐ tīng! Nà shì shénme shēngyīn?
Listen! What is that sound?
- Dorothy 大风来了！托托，快过来！
Dàfēng lái le! Tuōtuō, kuài guòlái!
The wind is coming! Toto, come here, quick!
- Aunt Em 多萝西，快进来！快进房子！
Duōluóxī, kuài jìnlái! Kuài jìn fángzi!
Dorothy, come inside! Quick, into the house!
- Dorothy 托托！托托在哪儿？我找不到它！
Tuōtuō! Tuōtuō zài nǎr? Wǒ zhǎo bú dào tā!
Toto! Where is Toto? I can't find him!
- Aunt Em 多萝西！你在哪儿？快来这儿！
Duōluóxī! Nǐ zài nǎr? Kuài lái zhèr!
Dorothy! Where are you? Come here, now!
- Dorothy 艾姆婶婶！房子……房子在飞！
Àimǔ Shěnshen! Fángzi… fángzi zài fēi!
Aunt Em! The house... the house is flying!
- Dorothy 好高啊……我……好想睡……
Hǎo gāo a… wǒ… hǎo xiǎng shuì…
It's so high up... I feel... so sleepy...
- Narrator 大风把房子带到了天上。多萝西睡着了。
Dàfēng bǎ fángzi dài dào le tiān shàng. Duōluóxī shuìzháo le.
The wind carried the house up into the sky. Dorothy fell asleep.
- Dorothy 托托？我们在哪儿？这不是堪萨斯！
Tuōtuō? Wǒmen zài nǎr? Zhè bú shì Kānsàsī!
Toto? Where are we? This isn't Kansas!
- Dorothy 这儿有花，有树，还有小河！真漂亮！
Zhèr yǒu huā, yǒu shù, hái yǒu xiǎo hé! Zhēn piàoliang!
There are flowers and trees and a little stream! It's so pretty!
- Good Witch of the North 欢迎你，小朋友！
Huānyíng nǐ, xiǎo péngyou!
Welcome, little friend!
- Dorothy 啊！你是谁？你怎么这么小？
À! Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ zěnme zhème xiǎo?
Oh! Who are you? Why are you so tiny?
- Good Witch of the North 我是北方的好女巫。你的房子下面，有一个坏女巫。
Wǒ shì běifāng de hǎo nǚwū. Nǐ de fángzi xiàmiàn, yǒu yí gè huài nǚwū.
I am the Good Witch of the North. Under your house there was a wicked witch.
- Dorothy 什么？她……她在哪儿？
Shénme? Tā… tā zài nǎr?
What? Where... where is she?
- Good Witch of the North 她不在了。大家都很高兴，都在笑！
Tā bú zài le. Dàjiā dōu hěn gāoxìng, dōu zài xiào!
She is gone. Everyone is so happy, everyone is laughing!
- Dorothy 对不起！我不知道！
Duìbuqǐ! Wǒ bù zhīdào!
I'm so sorry! I didn't know!
- Good Witch of the North 别怕。看，这是她的银鞋。给你吧。
Bié pà. Kàn, zhè shì tā de yínxié. Gěi nǐ ba.
Don't be afraid. Look, these are her silver shoes. They're yours now.
- Dorothy 银鞋！真漂亮！可是我更想回家。
Yínxié! Zhēn piàoliang! Kěshì wǒ gèng xiǎng huíjiā.
Silver shoes! They're beautiful! But I want to go home even more.
- Good Witch of the North 想回家？那你去找巫师吧。
Xiǎng huíjiā? Nà nǐ qù zhǎo wūshī ba.
You want to go home? Then go and find the Wizard.
- Dorothy 巫师在哪儿？
Wūshī zài nǎr?
Where is the Wizard?
- Good Witch of the North 他住在翡翠城。走这条黄色的路，就到了。
Tā zhù zài Fěicuìchéng. Zǒu zhè tiáo huángsè de lù, jiù dào le.
He lives in the Emerald City. Follow this yellow road and you'll get there.
- Dorothy 巫师能送我回家吗？
Wūshī néng sòng wǒ huíjiā ma?
Can the Wizard send me home?
- Good Witch of the North 能。可是……没有人见过他，一个也没有。
Néng. Kěshì… méiyǒu rén jiànguo tā, yí gè yě méiyǒu.
He can. But... nobody has ever seen him, not one person.
What changed in the story?
- What does Dorothy dream of at the start?
“我想看大山，大河”
- What carries the house up into the sky?
“大风把房子带到了天上”
- Who is the tiny woman Dorothy meets?
“我是北方的好女巫”
- What does the witch give Dorothy?
“这是她的银鞋。给你吧”
- How can Dorothy get home?
“那你去找巫师吧”……“他住在翡翠城”